Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Was working on a prop in the garage this weekend and looked up to see a neighbor who was walking his dog standing at the end of the driveway, smiling. "Wow, well that's interesting!" he said. I invited him up, showed him the props in the garage, and told him how we love to decorate for Halloween each year. He commented that he goes kinda crazy himself, and actually mentioned that years and years ago he built a flying crank ghost, a coffin, some tombstones, and a stirring witch for his porch. This would be the first time I've ever encountered someone in the non-internet world mentioning these things. I had a feeling he found it just as cool to be able to talk about his props with someone else.

What a cool interaction. If it weren't for the internet, I would have almost no-one to really converse with about my haunt. I am happy that K wants to pitch in and contribute to this year's haunt. Lets see how it goes.

Finally back in the U.S. and can leave comments again... my Ipod would not let me. That's really cool that you now have passionate Halloween people in your neighbor hood. I always love seeing other people putting out their stuff before mine... gets me pumped up.

Cool! Cannot wait to see the pictures from your neighborhood's decorations!

This is really the first non-internet interaction like that?Wow. I'm surprised. Not like a ton of people I know walk around talking about building Halloween props, but I guess I hadn't realized how non-mainstream it is. Interesting. I guess I'm not hardcore enough,lol.

Rot, I'm incredibly jealous...but happy for you too! I'm moving soon, and I have NO idea how the new neighborhood is going to react to my life-sized coffin in the yard, or all the critters populating my trees and hedges. I'm not even entirely sure I will be in the new house by October, but it would be incredibly cool to KNOW that you had at least one comrade-in-arms!

I'm really looking forward to seeing the pics this year! Having someone close by who also decorates, even if their style is totally different, is really fantastic (actually, I think it would be BETTER if they did a completely divergent style from yours. It would make things more interesting).